Kensi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEN-zee
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Kensi is a girls' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Kensi come from?
Scottish: probably a variant of Kenzie (from Mackenzie) or short for Kensington
Is Kensi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kensi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kensi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kensi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kensi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Kensi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Kensi, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 90 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Kensi in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 468 girls in the US were given Kensi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #625, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Kensi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 41 | #3,696 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 90 | #2,129 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Kensi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoife, Remi, Isla, Fiadh, Eden, Orla, Keira, Imogen, Caoimhe, Kiara, Nova, Eira
Other spellings of Kensi
Names related to Kensi
More Scottish names
Finley, Logan, Arabella, Cameron, Bonnie, Paisley, Brody, Carson, Maxwell, Brodie, Finlay, Blair, Lennox, Skye, Knox, Dallas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kensi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kensi, updated 20 October 2026.